Monday, May 21, 2012

For the first time since I started shaving, I switched things up a bit. I have used cartridge razors for my entire shaving career (career?). I have been incredibly loyal to the Gillette brand of razors through most of that time. Through some error, I received my first Gillette Mach III in the mail on my 17th birthday. Any man over the age of 18 will know that this was a mistake, because on your 18th birthday you receive a free Gillette razor, usually the most current model, in the mail.The Gillette marketing machine worked perfectly on me. I bought refills up until about a month ago. They worked well and were sold practically everywhere. The problem with them was this: They are expensive. Seriously, I'm sure 90 percent of guys already know exactly what I'm talking about. I started to look for alternatives after seeing this video

I signed up for this. But before receiving my first shipment I cancelled. I started reading up on old fashioned safety razors, which is what I've been using for the past 2 weeks. Let me tell you, it's been a good investment. Not wanting to drop 100 bucks on shaving equipment I didn't want, I went with some pretty basic stuff from amazon. Namely this razor handle, this shaving brush/soap/bowl combo and 100 of these razor refills. The total for all of this was about the equivalent of a four pack of Gillette Fusion blades. All the "guides" on this type of shaving suggested buying a variety pack of blades to see which ones you like, but the price was too good. I am pretty much set for the next two years. Not only does my new getup shave just as well as my fusion (pretty impressive for being on the lower side in terms of price) but it's a fraction of the price and a lot more fun to shave with. I actually get to lather up shaving cream with a brush!

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

On occasion I will peruse various sections of craigslist. I have seen this ad posted multiple times over the span of many months. I had mixed reactions about the whole thing, and thought you all (yes, all seven of you) might like to see this. The reward listed was at $9,999,999, leading me to think that craigslist bounty hunting might be my calling. The ad reads as follows (copied and pasted. Also, I just noticed that the date for the original ad was back in 2006, this means that whoever posted this ad has been repeatedly doing so for the past 6 years.)

Back in January of 2008 I lost access to my eight cats and dog. Jeannine
adopted four of my cats and my dog out to people while I was without
means to stop said actions. Either from her home address on Lakeway
Drive, Bellingham, or from Bellingham Veterinary off of James and
Virginia streets.

I have every intention of paying exorbitant amounts of reward money for one or more of my cats.

The cats were adopted in mid January or early February of 2008

Raistlin and Protector Kitten were paired up with a family that was
apparently informed of Raistlin's bladder crystal buildup and the
Science Diet CD cat food he needs to eat to reduce crystals. I'm told
they lived around "the lake or "a lake". Raistlin has golden eyes,
darkest tabby stripes with a slightly orange underbelly and weighs 15
pounds, possibly 17 today. Raistlin has a raspy breathing habit that
comes and goes, like an asthmatic.

Protector has green eyes, is natural tabby colored and 16 to 22 pounds.Both these boys are nine (11) years old.

Wallace Widget Kinky Kitty went to another family. She has a broken
tail, three major breaks, hence K.K. She is nine years old and sister to
the above cats and aunt to my little vvv...Wally weighs 11 possibly 18
pounds. Wally is a dark striped tabby with moon eyes and a penchant for
pounding her head into any humans face. Wally is friendly to a fault and
will say hello to any human and most other animals.

Lastly is little (vvv) Vquetius, a small black and white tuxedo cat that
happens to be tailess. She is four years (9) old now. She is the first
born to a litter of three female, tailess kittens. She tends to be a
loner, not interacting with other than myself regularly. She was
supposedly adopted by a circulating foster home to show children that
they can be loved without a background.

My oldest is 14 now...the second generation would be 11 and the third generation is currently 9

[Serenity Calamity Trinity was my beautiful austrailian shepherd pit
bull mix of about sixty pounds. Black on white with spots. Serenity has
two black teardrops to the right of her right eye and a tornado/triangle
of white patched upon her right flank. (UPDATE c. June 2011 MY MOTHER
MURDERED HER WITH THE INHUMANE SOCIETIES HELP)

All of these animals miss me and remember me. I am willing to pay silly
amounts of money to be reunited with them one or all. Please call me at
(new number pending) if you can lead me to my loved ones. I'm available
by phone if you contact me by email first.

P.S. animals not taken were Taniquetil, Shelby Princess Kitiara and her
two daughters Kimiaquetil and Diusfrakkibbquiel. Taniquetil is a light
gray on dark stripes tailess manx. Shelby is a medium shade tabby manx.
Kimiaquetil is a light gray manx. Dius is a fuzzy black dust mote. Just
to jog your memories if you happened to log these cats in your memory
banks. Thank you. God, please reunite me.